Dizzy Gillespie Movies
- 1982
A Family Circus Easter
A Family Circus Easter71982HD
The Easter special featured jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie as the Easter Bunny.[13]
- 1958
Date with Dizzy
Date with Dizzy41958HD
A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.
- 1980
Música para Sempre
Música para Sempre01980HD
The picture brings interviews with the participants of the 1st São Paulo Jazz Festival that occurred in Anhembi Conventions Palace in September 1978 a...
- 1962
The Hole
The Hole5.71962HD
Two men discuss the nature of accidents and the possibility of nuclear war.
- 2002
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal
Dizzy Gillespie - Live in Montreal52002HD
One of the greatest jazz trumpeters of all time, Dizzy Gillespie dazzled the world with his talent as one of the pioneers of be-bop and Latin jazz, bu...
- 2012
Music According to Tom Jobim
Music According to Tom Jobim72012HD
Half a century ago, Brazilian composer and musician Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim (1927-1994) introduced bossa nova to a worldwide audience with "The Gir...
- 1991
El invierno en Lisboa
El invierno en Lisboa21991HD
Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summe...
- 2014
Brownie Speaks
Brownie Speaks102014HD
A native of Wilmington, Delaware, jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown made an outstanding and influential contribution to music. In an era when many musicia...
- 1989
Didn't We Ramble On
Didn't We Ramble On01989HD
Didn't We Ramble On is a documentary about the tradition of marching bands in African-American culture. It focuses particularly on the historical root...
- 2018
The Jazz Ambassadors
The Jazz Ambassadors72018HD
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz a...
- 1995
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar01995HD
This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensat...
- 2018
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure92018HD
This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De Roche...
- 1990
Amazonia
Amazonia81990HD
Inspired by three South American myths, this film is a plea to save the tropical rain forest and its unique inhabitants.
- 1986
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis
Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis01986HD
A documentary on the music of Miles Davis which contains concert footage from the 1986 New Orleans Jazz Festival and interviews with Miles Davis, Bill...
- 2019
Jazz: The Only Way of Life
Jazz: The Only Way of Life8.32019HD
Dizzy Gillespie is one of the major figures of the 20th Century's music scene. Everything was once said or written about this genius musician, founder...
- 1985
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)
Six Short Films of Les Blank (1960-1985)01985HD
Anthology of six short films, including: Dizzy Gillespie Chicken Real Cigarette Blues God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance Ru...
- 1998
Monterey Jazz Festival 1975
Monterey Jazz Festival 197501998HD
The Monterey Jazz Festival was established in 1958 by impressario Jimmy Lyons who has hosted an enormous amount of music at this idyllic location. Aga...
- 1946
Jivin' in Bebop
Jivin' in Bebop5.31946HD
A filmed variety show featuring the Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra with special guests.
- 1994
A Great Day in Harlem
A Great Day in Harlem6.21994HD
Art Kane, now deceased, coordinated a group photograph of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine. Just ab...
- 2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs6.82022HD
In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His death will be...